. >>> nasa is expected to give an update on its mission to mars today. it's happening in san francisco at the annual fall meeting. nasa is down playing rumors of major new findings from the curiosity rover. the announcement will be an aupdate about the first use of the analytical instruments. >>> pope benedict joining twitter. the vatican announced today pope benedict has its own. he will start tweeting december 12th. the pope will tweet in six languages. his twitter handle will be -- he has already has more than 35,000 followers. >>> new state lawmakers will take the state of oath in sacramento this morning. democrats won a historic super majority. that allows them to raise taxes with little concern of republican opposition. but leaders say they will avoid doing that considering voters just passed proposition 30. republicans and governor brown say they will be watching democrats to keep new taxes in check. >>> one of the first acts of the state assembly will be to honor an eagle scout. he was just told before his 18th birthday he would not be given the